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    Category: Crime Alert

    EFCC Vows Impartiality, Says No Politician Will Be Shielded from Prosecution

    October 24, 2025 (updated October 24, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed to pursue corruption cases without fear or favour, saying no politician or high-profile individual will be shielded because of party affiliation. EFCC Chairman, Mr Ola Olukoyede, made this known on Thursday in Abuja during a media briefing to mark his second year in office. Olukoyede said the anti-graft agency would not... Read more

    Category: Crime Alert

    Police Arrest Two Kidnappers Who Lured 24-Year-Old Woman Through Dating Site in Rivers

    October 16, 2025 (updated October 16, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    The Rivers State Police Command has apprehended two suspected kidnappers accused of luring and abducting a 24-year-old woman they met on a dating site. In a statement on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, said the suspects — Ifeanyi Chukwu Alozie, 25, from Okomoko in Etche Local Government Area, and Miracle Nwimene, 25, from Zakpo in Khana... Read more

    Category: Crime Alert

    Money Laundering Charge: Court adjourns ex-Gov Bello’s trial to Nov 12

    October 10, 2025 (updated October 10, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama, on Thursday, adjourned further hearing on the 16-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, till November 12. The adjournment came after the anti-graft agency called its sixth witness to testify before trial Justice... Read more

    Category: Crime Alert, Law & Human Rights, Metro, News

    Passenger caught for stealing N290,000 on Ibom Air flight

    October 9, 2025 (updated October 9, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    A passenger was arrested for allegedly stealing N290,000 from a foreign traveller moments before takeoff aboard an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Abuja on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. The incident occurred around 7:00 a.m., shortly after boarding had been completed. According to eyewitnesses, the foreign passenger raised an alarm after discovering that the money he had kept in his... Read more

    Category: Aviation, Crime Alert, Environment

    Customs Intercepts ₦1.2bn Expired Flour at Seme Border, Records 182% Revenue Surge

    October 9, 2025 (updated October 9, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    By Bukola Akintola The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, has intercepted five truckloads of expired flour valued at ₦1.2 billion while recording an impressive 182 percent revenue increase in September 2025. Addressing journalists at the COWA Complex, Seme Border, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Wale Adenuga, said the 10,000 bags of flour were seized in a joint operation... Read more

    Category: Crime Alert

    Security Forces Crush Bandits in Kebbi, Kill Three in Fierce Gun Battle

    October 3, 2025 (updated October 3, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    By Musa Baba Kebbi State recorded a major breakthrough in the fight against banditry on Friday as security operatives neutralized three notorious Lakurawa terrorists during a prolonged gun duel in Gorun Yamma village, Dandi Local Government Area. The State Police Command confirmed that the operation was carried out by a joint team of police officers and vigilante groups, following intelligence... Read more

    Category: Crime Alert

    Obi Hails EFCC’s N853bn Recovery, Demands Transparent Use of Funds

    October 3, 2025 (updated October 3, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    By Jacob Abuh The 2023 Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for recovering over ₦853 billion believed to be proceeds of crime within one year. Obi, however, stressed that the true test of the recovery lies in how the funds are transparently utilised for the benefit of ordinary Nigerians.... Read more

    Category: Crime Alert, News

    Ex-FCTA Director Duku Jailed 24 Years for Money Laundering, Ordered to Refund N1.6bn

    October 3, 2025 (updated October 3, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    By Kingsley Ameh The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced former Director of Finance and Administration at the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Garuba Mohammed Duku, to 24 years imprisonment for money laundering. Justice James Omotosho found Duku guilty on a six-count charge filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), after the court held... Read more

    Category: Crime Alert, Law & Human Rights

    Army Rescue 8 Passengers Abducted on Okene–Auchi Highway after Shootout

    September 27, 2025 (updated September 27, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    The Nigerian Army troops in collaboration with the Police have rescued eight passengers abducted by gunmen along the Okene–Auchi highway in Okene Local Government Area of the state. Sources disclosed that the incident occurred on Friday Sept. 26 at Tyre village, when 9 armed men dressed in military camouflage intercepted a Toyota Hiace bus belonging to Big Joe Ventures Ltd.... Read more

    Category: Crime Alert

    Police Arrests 11 Suspected Drug Dealers in Abuja, lRecover 68 Bags of Cannabis

    September 27, 2025 (updated September 27, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested eleven (11) suspected drug dealers in a series of coordinated operations across known drug black spots within the Federal Capital Territory in a renewed crackdown on drug trafficking. Spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh said "the raids, conducted by the Command’s Anti-Narcotics Unit, led to the recovery of sixty-eight (68) bags of substances... Read more

    Category: Crime Alert

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